A group of citizens entered the Belgrade premises of public water-management company Srbijavode, according to the company, which said director Goran Puzović and employees were subjected to physical and psychological abuse.¹

The company said police called emergency medical services after arriving because three female employees required urgent medical attention. It also alleged that participants issued insults and threats, provoked staff and removed property belonging to the Serbian state. The group was reportedly associated with the informal citizens’ group Savski nasip, which has opposed works on the Sava embankment.

Srbijavode said the construction was being carried out under a building permit and other required authorizations. Puzović argued that public-interest decisions must be made by institutions and within the law, while acknowledging citizens’ right to express their views. “Violence, threats and harassment of employees are not an acceptable way” to do so, he said.²

SNS leader Miloš Vučević condemned the break-in against the backdrop of other recent incidents, including reported entries into municipal buildings and the Informer television station. He called on representatives of the Student List to publicly urge their supporters to stop using violence.

“If this continues, it directly endangers the safety and security of citizens and undermines Serbia as a state,” Vučević said, insisting that voters had not granted the Student List a mandate to impose violence but to respect rules and laws.³

Vučević also said the Serbian Progressive Party had accepted the election results and was preparing for a new role as an opposition force. He announced that the party’s main board would meet on Sunday to decide its next steps.